DES PÉRIERS (Bonaventure), Noël DU FAIL, and MARGUERITE D'AN - Lot 231

DES PÉRIERS (Bonaventure), Noël DU FAIL, and MARGUERITE D'ANGOULÊME. Tales. Selected, edited, and with a preface by Paul Porteau. Paris: Éditions Stock, 1948. Small quarto, black morocco leather binding, large gilt medallion in the center of the covers depicting a nude woman, plain spine adorned with two special dies, gilt headband, untrimmed, cover and spine (René Kieffer). Frontispiece by Mario Parassinos, drypoint engraving, and headpieces by Livia Dubreuil. One of the copies numbered on Marais chiffon vellum; this is a unique copy adorned with 22 original watercolors signed by Issaiev (1891–1977), a painter born in Odessa, illustrator, and theater set designer.

Estimate:$688.7

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